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The Debt You Control: Rethinking What “Money” Really Means

October 13, 20252 min read

The Debt You Control: Rethinking What “Money” Really Means

Robert Kiyosaki says debt is money—but few truly understand what that means. Learn how to turn debt into a tool you control through the Infinite Banking Concept, creating stability, liquidity, and financial certainty without relying on the banks.

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Robert Kiyosaki often says, “Debt is money.”
But most people misunderstand what he means.

They use debt to consume.
And the more financially “savvy” use debt to acquire assets.

But here’s the real question:

For whose benefit?

Who Really Wins from Debt?

Banks are more than willing to extend debt—not because they love your collateral—but because they trust your ability to keep their cash flow moving.

Once you understand that truth, you begin to see debt differently.
You realize that the goal isn’t to avoid debt altogether, but to control the kind of debt you use.


The Power of Controlled Debt

Robert Kiyosaki doesn’t talk much about his insurance products, but he does mention them.
And that’s where true financial control begins.

When you can utilize debt that you control, you gain the ability to strategically eliminate consumer debt—including mortgages—on your own terms.

That level of control is something most investors will never experience.


The Fragility of Traditional Investing

Think about it:
If your tenants suddenly lose the ability to pay rent, how exactly is that debt working for you?
Do you have an alternative pool of money to pull from?

For most people, the answer is no.

And that’s the fragility I see in how many investors structure their financial lives—heavy on leverage, light on liquidity, and dependent on circumstances they can’t control.


The Shift

True wealth comes from control, not complexity.
It’s about building systems that let you become your own source of financing—where your money continues to grow, even when you borrow against it.

That’s what the Infinite Banking Concept makes possible: using debt strategically and sustainably to increase your control, not your risk.

Something worth pondering… especially if you’ve ever wondered who really benefits from your debt.


If you’re ready to rethink the way debt works in your life, let’s talk.
Through FreedomBankers, I help individuals and families take control of their money by creating private banking systems that work for them—not the banks.

It’s time to stop being the borrower and start becoming the banker.

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Thomas Farrar

Thomas Farrar is a purpose-driven entrepreneur and Authorized Infinite Banking Practitioner dedicated to helping individuals and families achieve Financial Certainty. Through FreedomBankers, he empowers clients to take control of their cash flow, recapture the banking function, and build lasting wealth with confidence and clarity.

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Terminologies

1. Infinite Banking Concept (IBC)

A financial strategy popularized by Nelson Nash that uses a properly designed whole life insurance policy to create your own personal banking system.

2. Becoming Your Own Banker

The title of Nelson Nash’s foundational book, teaching how individuals can control the banking function in their lives through IBC.

3. Whole Life Insurance

A permanent life insurance policy that provides lifelong coverage and builds cash value over time.

4. Cash Value

The savings component within a whole life policy that grows tax-deferred and can be accessed through loans or withdrawals.

5. Policy Loan

A loan taken against the cash value of your life insurance policy. You act as your own banker — borrowing and repaying yourself with interest.

6. Dividend

A share of the insurance company’s profits distributed to policyholders of participating whole life policies. Dividends can be used to buy more coverage, pay premiums, or grow cash value.

7. Paid-Up Additions (PUAs)

Extra coverage purchased with dividends or additional payments that boost your cash value growth and death benefit.

8. Mutual Insurance Company

An insurance company owned by its policyholders — not shareholders — meaning profits (dividends) are distributed to you.

9. Death Benefit

The tax-free amount paid to beneficiaries upon the policyholder’s death. In IBC, it’s also seen as a legacy-building tool.

10. Premium

The payment you make to keep your policy active. In IBC, premiums are often reframed as “capital deposits” to your personal banking system.

11. Banking Function

The process of managing cash flow, borrowing, and repayment — traditionally done by banks, but in IBC, you reclaim it personally.

12. Velocity of Money

A key IBC principle that highlights how fast money circulates. The faster it moves through your system, the more value it creates.

13. Opportunity Cost

The potential growth you lose when your money is tied up or spent instead of earning interest elsewhere. IBC helps minimize this loss.

14. Recapture Interest

The act of reclaiming interest that would otherwise go to traditional lenders by paying yourself back through your policy loans.

15. Tax-Deferred Growth

Your cash value grows without immediate taxation — a major advantage in compounding your wealth inside the policy.

16. Authorized Practitioner

A financial professional trained and certified to implement the Infinite Banking Concept properly for clients.

17. Certainty Advisor

A title for professionals (like Tom) who guide individuals in creating Financial Certainty using proven cash flow and IBC strategies.

18. Generational Wealth

The financial legacy built through assets like life insurance that can be passed on to future generations tax-efficiently.

19. Cash Flow Strategy

A personalized plan to manage income, expenses, and investments effectively — central to achieving financial independence through IBC.

20. Financial Certainty

A state of confidence in one’s financial life — knowing you have control over your money, debts, and future, often achieved through IBC principles.

21. Nelson Nash Institute (NNI)

The official organization founded to preserve and teach the Infinite Banking Concept as developed by R. Nelson Nash.

22. Dividends Option

Choices you have for how dividends are used — e.g., cash payout, premium reduction, or buying paid-up additions.

23. Policy Design

How an IBC practitioner structures a whole life policy to optimize cash value growth, flexibility, and long-term benefits.

24. Liquidity

Your ability to access money when needed. Properly designed IBC policies provide high liquidity without interrupting growth.

25. Control

A core philosophy of IBC — ensuring you have total control over your money, rather than surrendering it to banks or lenders.

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